Restaurant: Mi Puerto Mexican Restaurant
Address: 1321 North Main Street, Marion, VA 24354
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Total inspections: 4
Last inspection: 11/20/2015
Person in Charge (corrected on site) Observation: Employees are not aware of or are not practicing proper methods to rapidly cool potentially hazardous food (PHF) - refried beans, white cheesey sauce and guacamole.
Correction: Ensure employees are using proper methods to rapidly cool PHF that are not held hot or are not for consumption within 4 hours (policy using time as a control), through daily oversight of the employees' routine monitoring of food temperatures during cooling.
Critical: Cooling* (corrected on site) Observation: Ambient temperature or pre-chilled @POTENTIALLY HAZ FOOD@ is not being adequately cooled to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria - guacamole.
Correction: Cool potentially hazardous foods prepared from pre-chilled ingredients or ingredients at ambient temperature to 41°F or below within 4 hours. A longer time for cooling allows an ideal situation for bacterial growth. This has been shown to be the major contributing factor in many foodborne illnesses.
Critical: Cooling* (corrected on site) Observation: @POTENTIALLY HAZ FOOD@ noted not being adequately cooled to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria - refried beans and white cheesey sauce.
Correction: Cool potentially hazardous foods from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and within a total of 6 hours from 135°F to 41°F. A longer time for cooling allows an ideal situation for bacterial growth. This has been shown to be the major contributing factor in many foodborne illnesses.
Cooling Methods (corrected on site) Observation: The methods used for cooling were not adequate.
Correction: Cool foods by the following methods: 1. Placing food in shallow pans 2. Separating food into smaller thinner portions 3. Using rapid chill cooling equipment 4. Stirring the food in a container placed in an ice water bath 5. Using containers that facilitate heat transfer 6. Adding ice as an ingredient 7. Any other method that can effectively accomplish cooling.
Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) Observation: Pork and diced ham cold holding at improper temperatures in True sandwich refrigeration in front cooking area.
Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for cold holding are maintained at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils (corrected on site) Observation: Food contact surfaces of the @EQUIPMENT@, preparation areas, and utensils used to prepare/store potentially hazardous food items were observed soiled with accumulations of food residues.
Correction: Clean food-contact surfaces of @EQUIPMENT@, preparation areas, and utensils no less than every 4 hours to prevent the growth microorganisms on those surfaces.
11/20/2015
Routine
Serviceman adjusted the unit and temperature of refrigerations are lowering. No violation noted during this evaluation.
12/01/2014
Follow-up
Person in Charge (corrected on site) Observation: Employees are not aware of or are not practicing proper methods to cool potentially hazardous food (PHF) - refried beans.
Correction: Ensure employees are using proper methods to cool PHF that are not held hot or are not for consumption within 4 hours, through daily oversight of the employees' routine monitoring of food temperatures during cooling. 135 degrees to 70 degrees within 2 hours and 4 more hours down to 41 degrees or below.
Critical: Cooling* (corrected on site) Observation: @POTENTIALLY HAZ FOOD@ noted not being adequately cooled to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria - refried beans.
Correction: Cool potentially hazardous foods from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and within a total of 6 hours from 135°F to 41°F. A longer time for cooling allows an ideal situation for bacterial growth. This has been shown to be the major contributing factor in many foodborne illnesses.
Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) Observation: @FOOD@ cold holding at improper temperatures in refrigeration.
Correction: Cold hold potentially hazardous food at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria. Serviceman called to adjust units.
Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces and Utensils (corrected on site) Observation: Food contact surfaces of the @EQUIPMENT@ used to prepare/store potentially hazardous food items were observed soiled with accumulations of food residues - surfaces are not being properly cleaned and sanitized.
Correction: Clean food-contact surfaces of @EQUIPMENT@ no less than every 4 hours to prevent the growth microorganisms on those surfaces - wash, rinse and sanitize.
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